The Ranks

The Ranks
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful:
[61:1]
All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifies God, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[61:2]
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do?

[61:3]
It is greatly loathsome to God that you say what you do not do.

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Indeed God loves those who fight for His cause in ranks, as if they were a solid structure.

[61:5]
And when Moses said to his people, ‘O my people, why do you harm me, when certainly you know that I am the messenger of God to you?’ So when they deviated, God caused their hearts to deviate: and God does not guide the immoral folk.

[61:6]
And when Jesus son of Mary said, ‘O Children of Israel I am indeed God’s messenger to you, confirming what is before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad’. Yet when he brought them, they said, ‘This is manifest sorcery!’

[61:7]
And who does greater wrong than he who invents lies against God, when he is [actually] being summoned to submission [to God]? And God does not guide the wrongdoing folk.

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They desire to extinguish the light of God with their mouths, but God will perfect His light, though the disbelievers be averse.

[61:9]
It is He Who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all [other] religions, though the disbelievers be averse.

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O you who believe, shall I show you a commerce that will deliver you from a painful chastisement?

[61:11]
You should believe in God and His Messenger and struggle for the cause of God with your possessions and your lives. That is better for you, should you know.

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He will [then] forgive you your sins and admit you into gardens underneath which rivers flow and pleasant dwellings in the Gardens of Eden. That is the supreme triumph.

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And, another which you love: help from God and a victory near at hand. And give good tidings to the believers.

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O you who believe, be helpers of God, just as said Jesus son of Mary to the disciples, ‘Who will be my helpers unto God?’ The disciples said, ‘We will be God’s helpers!’ So a group of the Children of Israel believed, while a group disbelieved. Then We strengthened those who believed against their enemy, and so they became the triumphant.